Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-12-18

nlase. there on the left," said the young
mar. pointing to . two+story, peak rooted
hr;ck bouse which stood about two hum
dred feet up the alley. On reaching u no
opened the DOR and led the way np
bare fight of stairs to . back ROOM quite
large. -
ava name. motioned his visitor 10 . sat on
a long ches. at n side Of the room. There
v.s no carpet on the floor, but 1t wss
nainted a bright yellow. There wa no
yi,ible bed and hut one chair. In . corner
Of the room were three -four barrels, and
the only other furniture wa Q washstand,
above which hung q mirror, Q couple OF
irnnks and a plain oblong deal table. A
bie window looked ont on . number OF
back yards with patches Of cabbages and
corn stalks. At the opposite end Of the
room was q door which probably hid q
closet. The most cheerful thing was . hot
orate fire, which illuminated the room and
revealed a varied assortment Of chromoe,
~enorayines from illustrated weeklies and
photographs from cigarette papers and else
where. =.
In the meanwhile Mr.. Butts had brought
ont a hammock and hung it on hooks at
one side of the room. There" said he,
won may find that easier to sit on. You
see we haven't any bed. There's three OF
us here, and we told the landlord he
could have the bed If he'd paint the floor;
40 we have three hsmmocks, sleep in
them, and in the day time they're showed
away ont of sight"
How much do you pay for this roomy"
Mr.. Butts precipitated half Of his body
into n of the barrels which was marked
in green paint with O "B," aud, reappear-
ing with o LOAF in his hand, replied: "A
dollar and q half o week: that's fifty cents
apiece, and the woman on the a DOR below
does oil u washing and mending for .
dollar a week. Call it eighty-ive cents Q
week for each of MS. We don't club to-
gether on food. Each Of us has his barrel
and lives high or low, as he can afford 1t.
Now | eat those articles Of diet that are
cheap and at tho same time. most nutri-
tious.
'For breakfast / commonly have eggs on
toast and o cup of tea. never drink
coffee. In the first place l don't believe IL
is good for the nerves, and besides, TO make
it ct to drink you must have an egg TO
settle it, and sugar to sweeten II, both OF
which are expensive for o beverage. E!
drink two cups of tea at both breakfast and
supper. Ialways get good tea; it costs me
twenty cents for a quarter Of a pound. md
that quantity lasts me q week. l don't
like my tea sweet, SO buy n sugar. get
a pint Of milk every morning.
How do I fix3 my breakfast Well,
the toast ia easy enough; but instead OF
~poaching my eggs, / boil them soft and
drop them on the toast. This with my two
cups OF tea makes quite as hearty q meal rs
l desire. always make IL q point now TO
70 to luncheon az early as ll:3O 30 a. to
have a band in the freelunch, which shuts
up ut IL Alright ] have whatever suits
my fancy within a limited range. l
eat meat thIee times q week. / can get
two mutton chops or q outlet for ten cent?,
and once in O while l save up twenty
cents and have a piece Of steak, but butch
ers won't cut small pieces Of stake as .
rule. Occasionally we all three join and
got a steak. Then again l will come MP
by way Of Chippewa market and get hall
u dozsn wailes Tor fse cents, buy a penny's
worth of sugar from one Of my roommates
and sup like q prince on wati IS, sugar and
tea, followed By cheese.
~ get mos, Of my articles Of food at
Chippewa market. Ten cents worth OF